In a cellar, the firelight was dim, offering only a faint glow.
Li Tui looked at the hand-drawn map spread before him. Several more points marked with spiritual energy had appeared on it.
Beside it lay several dark-red Baleful Stones, their ghostly light flowing—Baleful Stones he had harvested over this period.
Though his previous gains had confirmed he was heading in the right direction, the efficiency still left something to be desired.
The time needed for a "seed" to grow from planting to maturity was too long, and the risk was too concentrated.
I need to expand the scale. Li Tui looked at the Baleful Stones before him and thought to himself.
He then picked up his brush and reconsidered the details of the Baleful Gathering and Origin Cultivation Method on a sheet of rough paper. The state the youth had been in before his death had given him a new inspiration.
After thinking for a while, he adjusted several more circulation routes, making the method's accumulation process even more discreet. Only after finishing did he roll up the manual.
The method was still the same method, but it was time to change the way it was spread.
Li Tui then changed into a somewhat worn scholar's robe and used a few crude techniques to alter his complexion and bone structure.
At that moment, Li Tui looked like a fair-faced scholar with a gentle temperament, the sort who naturally inspired a measure of goodwill at first sight.
He slung an old book case over his back. Apart from a few miscellaneous books, it contained more than a dozen handwritten copies of the Baleful Gathering and Origin Cultivation Method.
Li Tui now intended to be a "good person."
His first stop was the nearby Blackwater Market.
Li Tui found an open